Esmeralda, born Agnès, is a fictional character in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. She is a French Roma girl. She constantly attracts men with her seductive dances, and is rarely
Esmeralda gives water to Quasimodo tied to the pillory. A Tear for a Drop of Water by Luc-Olivier Merson (1903).
Holding her daughter Agnès in her arms, Paquette visits the Gypsies to have her fortune told. Drawing by Luc-Olivier Merson (c. 1889).
Esmeralda saves Pierre Gringoire's life by choosing him as her husband. Drawing by Louis Boulanger (c. 1831).
Claude Frollo stabs Captain Phoebus. Oil painting by Auguste Couder (1833).
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Quasimodo is the titular protagonist of the French novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo. Born with numerous deformities, most notably a hunched back, Quasimodo serves as the bell-ringer fo
Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame)
…strikes, however, when Romani (in the novel called Gypsies) kidnap the young baby, leaving a child which they consider hideously deformed (the infant Quasimodo) in place. The townsfolk come to the conclusion that the Gypsies have cannibalised baby Agnès; the mother flees Rheims in despair, and the deformed…
Quasimodo by Luc-Olivier Merson (1889).
"A tear for a drop of water" Esmeralda gives a drink to Quasimodo in one of Gustave Brion's illustrations
Lon Chaney as Quasimodo, Patsy Ruth Miller as Esmeralda in the 1923 film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame